Motivation gets you started, habit keeps u going

Once again it is cold!!!! 32 degrees...I took the dog. I'm going online right now to buy that leash. I keep forgetting. We saw deer cross the road and walk on the railroad tracks. Very pretty. Such a graceful animal.

So I'm so glad I have my garmin--I felt like I ran horribley and the dog kept pulling on me and making me mad--turns out I got some MP miles in. Any who--I know a lot of you are racing today! Good luck-run well!

Splits

1: 10:31
2: 9:33
3: 9:35
4: 10:18
5: 9:45
6: 9:32

6:00am out early this morning!

I ran 10:30 average pace. It was 43 degrees.

I had a hard time falling asleep last night. I kept waking up with nightmares...this has been happening for a few days. they ware weird sci fi dreams. I know it is stress.

I have turned in many projects/lessons for school this semester but have gotten very little feed back as far as grades are concerned in two of my methods courses. it make me nervous b/c for the lab portion I need a 95 percent (which I am capable of doing) but our classroom that we are teaching in is horrible for classroom management. It makes me nervous about student teaching and just this semester in general.

We have a few repeat students (ie they failed the lab portion last semester) and they didn't know that they were doing bad till the very end. I do not want to happen (thankfully they had different teachers)

Any who...happy running all!

I hate running!

8:30am--12 min pace (excruciatingly slow). I walked the first mile. First off...I just can't get in the groove with long runs. I woke up at 6--decided I would eat breakfast and do some homework and then run. Well I ended up napping. Which is fine. I ate b/c I dn't know what to eat on my long runs. I'm not a fan of the gu...I just want my tummy not to feel empty at mile 8. it sucks and I dont' know how to fix it.

Oh and there were sooo many hills so I suppose I should be nicer to myself. My foot hurt for a lot of the run along with my left shin. What is up with that? I just ignored it or walked...eventually at some point it went away.

any who enough complaining--it is over...

So I'm wondering...if i want to run a June Marathon--is it okay to start doing long runs starting in January? I'm thinking that doing 10-13 for a while is beneficial for a base...but I need to know if I made that up in my head to justify not running a lot.

6:10 am 39 degrees 10:41 avg pace

Hammies sore from all the hills yesterday. I got what I thought was going to be the dog runninng leash. Turns out is something you attach to your dog and then to a pole or soemthing. Not really what I wanted but thought I would try it this morning. I attached it to my reflective strap. I hated it! He could go wher ever hewanted! It is like a bungie cord...in the street whereever! So i'm returning it.

Run felt yuck today--I'm explaining that by yesterdays hard run...i really need to not have so many hills in my long run! LOL

10:15 am 45 degrees 10:18 pace

Hardcore Workout

I woke up and had breakfast and told myself that once I finished my lesson plan (no later tha 10ish) then I could go run...i like using running as my reward...it is much better than waking up and thinking I have to go run.

Run was good. I saw other runners, I'mguessing the running store was doing something. they don't seem to change their path.

I tracked my food/calories for yesterday. 2500! 720 of that was a box of sugar babies...and two soda accounted from anotehr 200 calories. And I need to drink more water...I wonder if the problem is I am getting too little calories with just regular food. and that is why I over do it on the candy...hmm

I did weights today! I'm so proud of myself!

90 crunches (variety of side and reg on the ball)

2 sets of 10 lunges

1 set of 10 cross over lunges

2 sets of 10 24 lbs nose bleeds

2 sets of 20 8 lbs chest flies

2 sets of 10 45 lbs lateral chest pull down

I did some yoga to stretch out. Legs feel great.